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JH Real Estate Partners Inc. of Newport Beach has sold a 14-property portfolio containing 2,669 apartments to a Los Angeles investment firm. It is one of the largest multifamily asset purchases in Southern California in two decades.
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Four members of the public and three City Council members were appointed to Newport Beach's newly restructured finance committee on a unanimous council vote Tuesday.
The committee provides recommendations to the City Council about the city's budget...

Bosch officially opened the U.S. headquarters for its electric bicycle systems this month in Irvine.
Bosch, based in Germany, launched its eBike unit in 2009 and introduced its pedal-assist motor drive on bikes at the Eurobike trade show in 2010.
The...

With great anticipation and a sense of renewal, I attended the Dec. 9 Newport Beach City Council meeting.
Diane Dixon, Duffy Duffield, Kevin Muldoon and Scott Peotter ("Team Newport") were sworn in to serve four-year terms.
It was the culmination of 2½...

Nearly a decade has passed since ExplorOcean bought a harbor-facing stretch of land dubbed the Balboa Fun Zone, exchanging the kitschy Scary Dark Ride and bumper cars for a learning center focused on science education.
The Fun Zone has operated in...

The election is over and the dust has settled. The players stand at the ready.
In Newport Beach a new cast of characters was elected to represent the great city. It remains to be seen what direction the city will take as it moves further into the 21st...

Gov. Jerry Brown withdrew a Christmas Eve pardon Wednesday after learning from the Los Angeles Times that he was granting clemency to a man recently disciplined by financial regulators.
Glen Williams Carnes, one of 105 people who received an executive...

The year is almost complete and 2015 weighs on the horizon. I am proud of the Newport Beach City Council's accomplishments in 2014 and look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues in 2015.
Here's what I see as a review of the council's work in...

The Newport Beach council voted Tuesday to pay off the city's unfunded pension liability 11 years faster than it would have under its current 30-year plan.
The city's finance committee, made up of councilmen Keith Curry, Mike Henn and Tony Petros, had...

Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustees took another step forward with plans to renovate aging athletic facilities at Corona del Mar High School.
It was standing room only in the Costa Mesa boardroom Tuesday night as trustees directed staff to put...

School board trustee Katrina Foley held a commanding lead in the race for two seats on the Costa Mesa City Council on Tuesday night, with incumbent Mayor Jim Righeimer narrowly taking the second spot.
Foley and Righeimer were the apparent front...